From 4c71de46a9be07b9e0fa2ad028ec8f5cf781376c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Bowdre Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 20:42:55 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] update post --- content/posts/deploy-hugo-neocities-github-actions/index.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/deploy-hugo-neocities-github-actions/index.md b/content/posts/deploy-hugo-neocities-github-actions/index.md index 2306c4d..a9dca3e 100644 --- a/content/posts/deploy-hugo-neocities-github-actions/index.md +++ b/content/posts/deploy-hugo-neocities-github-actions/index.md @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ tags: --- I came across [Neocities](https://neocities.org) many months ago, and got really excited by the premise: a free web host with the mission to bring back the *"fun, creativity and independence that made the web great."* I spent a while scrolling through the [gallery](https://neocities.org/browse) of personal sites and was amazed by both the nostalgic vibes and the creativity on display. It's like a portal back to when the web was fun. Neocities seemed like something I wanted to be a part of, so I signed up for an account... and soon realized that I didn't *really* want to go back to crafting artisinal HTML by hand like I did in the early '00s. I didn't see an easy way to leverage my preferred static site generator[^lazy] so I filed it away and moved on. -[^lazy]: Also I'm kind of lazy, and not actually much of a web design person anyway. +[^lazy]: Also I'm kind of lazy, and not actually very good at web design anyway. I mean, you've seen my work. -Until yesterday, when I saw [Sophie](https://social.lol/@sophie)'s post, [How I deploy my Eleventy site to Neocities](https://localghost.dev/blog/how-i-deploy-my-eleventy-site-to-neocities/). I hadn't realized that Neocities had an [API](https://neocities.org/api), or that there was a [deploy-to-neocities](https://github.com/bcomnes/deploy-to-neocities) GitHub Action which uses that API to push content to Neocities. With that new-to-me information, I thought I'd give Neocities another try - a real one this time. +Until yesterday, when I saw a post from [Sophie](https://social.lol/@sophie) on [How I deploy my Eleventy site to Neocities](https://localghost.dev/blog/how-i-deploy-my-eleventy-site-to-neocities/). I hadn't realized that Neocities had an [API](https://neocities.org/api), or that there was a [deploy-to-neocities](https://github.com/bcomnes/deploy-to-neocities) GitHub Action which uses that API to push content to Neocities. With that new-to-me information, I thought I'd give Neocities another try - a real one this time. I'd been hosting this site on Netlify's free plan [for a couple of year](/hello-hugo/) and haven't really had any problems. But I saw Neocities as a better vision of the internet, and I wanted to be a part of that[^passion]. So last night I signed up for the $5/month [Neocities Supporter](https://neocities.org/supporter) plan, which comes with support for custom domains and more bandwidth than even a paid Netlify plan. @@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ So after some trial and error, I came up with this workflow: name: Deploy to Neocities on: + # Daily build to catch any future-dated posts schedule: - cron: 0 13 * * * + # Build on pushes to the main branch only push: branches: - main